The WPA Guide to New Jersey

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During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writersa Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the countryas shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authorsamany of whom would later become celebrated literary figuresawere commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6, 000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each stateas unique flavor. The Granite State has a rich history and varied landscape, beautifully presented in the WPA Guide to New Hampshire. The driving tours highlight the White Mountains, Lake Winnipesaukee, and the coast near Portsmouth. This New Hampshire guide also has traditional photographs of churches, landscapes, and colonial houses which give readers a feel for life in New England in the early 20th century.The swamp, 50 square miles, is a breeding ground for marsh wrens, song
sparrows, red-wings, bobolinks and a great variety of other birds. ... The land was
bought co-operatively from the original American owners by a group of German
exiles, liberals and freethinkers who were seeking ... On warm nights old folk
songs, rhythmically punctuated by the tapping of beer steins, ring out from the
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The WPA Guide to New Jersey

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Federal Writers' Project

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Trinity University Press - 2013-10-31

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